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Tis the season for many things — many good and others not.

Clarendon Hills police received a report Dec. 1 from a resident who witnessed an unknown person stealing eight delivered retail packages off their front porch. The male suspect was captured on doorbell camera video while the theft took place, police said. As the victim was pulling into their driveway, they encountered the suspect as he hurried back to an occupied small red SUV waiting in the roadway, which fled from the scene.

“It’s common for a subject to drive the offending vehicle, and there is a second subject who exits the vehicle to pick up the packages,” said Clarendon Hills Chief of Police Ed Leinweber.

He said smaller packages are easier to transport and allow for a larger n

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